University of Pennsylvania, Oversize Ms. Codex 110

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS921

Shelfmark:

Oversize Ms. Codex 110

Title:

Alchemical miscellany.

Place:

England

England TGN

Date:

[between 1400 and 1450]

fifteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Latin

Latin WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 54 leaves : paper ; 298 x 196 (227 x 150) mm bound to 306 x 207 mm

Former Owner(s):

Le Strange, Hamon, 1840-1918

Hamon le Strange WIKIDATA

Madan, Falconer, 1851-1935

Falconer Madan WIKIDATA

Voynich, Wilfred Michael, 1865-1930

Wilfrid Voynich WIKIDATA

Note:

Ms. codex.
Forms part of: Edgar F. Smith Memorial Collection.
Two autograph notes (front flyleaf ii recto): 1.) Haymon Styleman-le Strange, indicating that the manuscript was bound in October 1871; 2.) Falconer Mandan, dated 1 December 1892, identifying the first text.
Title supplied by cataloger (Zacour-Hirsch).
Signatures: Quires given letters a-d.
Collation: Paper, ii (modern paper) + 50 + ii (modern paper); 1-3¹², 4¹⁶ (-2); 1-50; contemporary foliation in ink, with roman numerals preceded by quire letter (e.g., bxvii = f. 17, in quire 2), lower right recto, many trimmed away; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto. Catchwords in lower margin, last verso of each quire.
Script: Written in a Gothic cursive script, with marginalia written in various hands.
Decoration: A few initials in red.
Watermark: Visible in gutter, but not legible enough for identification.
Binding: Half morocco; England, 1871 (front flyleaf ii recto).
Origin: Written in England[?] in the first half of the 15th century.
The edges of most folios are slightly torn and split. There is evidence of water and mildew damage. The last four folios are badly damaged, with loss of text; extensive repairs have been done on the paper.
Typescript table of contents included (front flyleaf i verso).
Acquired, 1922.
Hamon Styleman-le Strange (signature, flyleaf ii recto); Falconer Madan (signature, flyleaf ii recto); W. M. Voynich (Zacour-Hirsch).

Keyword:

Manuscripts, Latin

codices (bound manuscripts)

Manuscripts, Medieval

Manuscripts, Renaissance

Early works

Chemistry

Alchemy

History

Institutional Record:

https://franklin.library.upenn.edu/catalog/FRANKLIN_9915804523503681

IIIF Manifest:

https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/phalt/iiif/2/81431-p3zw18s14/manifest

Holding Institution:

University of Pennsylvania